bethany725 Posted March 16, 2011 Posted March 16, 2011 I've had 'Memoirs of a Geisha' a while and haven't read it -- Since I use the library a lot and moved around a bit, I don't have TOO many super old books that I've owned a long time. That makes 'Memoirs' it for me. Quote
nursenblack Posted March 17, 2011 Posted March 17, 2011 I believe the unread book I've had the longest is The Secret Garden by Fances Hodgson Burnett. I've owned it for at least 17 or 18 years, and just never got 'round to it. Quote
oceansoul Posted March 20, 2011 Posted March 20, 2011 I've had The God Delusion waiting to be read for a while. Quote
Easy Reader Posted March 24, 2011 Posted March 24, 2011 North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell It was recommended to me by my GCSE english teacher and then again two years later by my A Level english teacher so that time I did go out and buy it, I was 18. I thought I had given it away and decided to get another copy and then bizzarly went to put the second copy right next to my original copy of the shelf so 16 years later I now have two copies neither of them read by me. Quote
Charm Posted March 24, 2011 Posted March 24, 2011 Bag Of Bones by Stephen King. I've owned it for years and started it twice, both times giving up after a couple of chapters. I really do intend to read it ..... someday. Quote
Kidsmum Posted March 24, 2011 Posted March 24, 2011 North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell It was recommended to me by my GCSE english teacher and then again two years later by my A Level english teacher so that time I did go out and buy it, I was 18. I thought I had given it away and decided to get another copy and then bizzarly went to put the second copy right next to my original copy of the shelf so 16 years later I now have two copies neither of them read by me. Hope you eventually get round to reading it Easy Reader as it's a good book Quote
Parenthesis Posted May 1, 2012 Posted May 1, 2012 I acquired Elizabeth Bishop - Life and the Meaning of It by Brett C. Miller some time around 1994 for a course of study and never opened the cover. What a diligent student I was! Quote
Devi Posted May 1, 2012 Posted May 1, 2012 The only book that comes to mind, (but I am sure there would be some older), is a copy of dune that a friend gave me about 7 years or so ago. Still have not read it.... yet. Quote
Andie P Posted May 1, 2012 Posted May 1, 2012 (edited) Mine is The Hobbit (JRR Tolkien)...I just can't get past the first chapter!! Andie P x Oh, and most of the Jane Austen books.....Collecting dust on my shelf! Andie P x Edited May 1, 2012 by Andie P Quote
lauraloves Posted May 1, 2012 Posted May 1, 2012 Mine is the next up off my TBR pile, whatever book that might be, currently its Twilight by Stephanie Mayer Quote
frankie Posted May 2, 2012 Posted May 2, 2012 Having now finally read Heart of Darkness, the unread book that I've owned the longest is Max Lundgren's 21 nästan sanna berättelser, which I bought in 2002 for uni. It's a collection of short stories and I've read at least half of them, and I've really enjoyed some of them, but I've never managed to actually finish the whole book. Maybe I should do it this year. It would probably be a good way to refresh my Swedish skills as well. I've now read 21 nästan sanna berättelser, so I had to check which book is now the oldest unread book in my library. And I can't believe the book dates from 2006, only six years ago! It's An Assembly Such as This by Pamela Aidan (the Pride & Prejudice story written from the point-of-view of Darcy) Quote
Deborah Posted May 27, 2012 Posted May 27, 2012 The Lord of The Rings... The film came out when I had just reached half way, and I just couldn't bring myself to continue it after! Quote
Cookie Posted June 3, 2012 Posted June 3, 2012 I think mines The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes I bought it about 10-12 years ago and have never got round to reading it. Quote
Gabbie Posted June 4, 2012 Posted June 4, 2012 The Lord of The Rings... The film came out when I had just reached half way, and I just couldn't bring myself to continue it after! Snap! That's it for me too! If we're talking about my own books, not those owned by my parents. Quote
Karsa Orlong Posted June 4, 2012 Posted June 4, 2012 Mine's probably Robert Jordan's Eye of the World and The Great Hunt. Someone gave them to me about 12 years ago and I still haven't come close to reading them. Quote
emelee Posted June 10, 2012 Posted June 10, 2012 The Bible. A childrens version with illustrations. Got it for just being born or was it christened?? I think every kid got it, from I have absolutely no idea. At least I know nobody bought it for me, it came in the mail. Quote
Kyra_Lyrical Posted June 14, 2012 Posted June 14, 2012 Eragon by Christopher Paolini. It looked great and all but I could never get too far through it. I tried and I tried, I honestly did but I suppose it just wasn't meant to be. Quote
Nika Posted July 3, 2012 Posted July 3, 2012 Light in August by William Faulkner. The books belonged to my mother. I tried reading it as a teeneager but never succeded. Tried again years later...another fail. Tried last year - epic fail Quote
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